“Vocabulary Showdown”
What does the prefix “un-” mean in a word like “unhappy”?
NOT
What do we call the people or animals that a story is about?
Characters
“It’s raining cats and dogs” is an example of what type of figurative language?
Idiom
What school does Harry Potter attend?
What is Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?
Which word means the same as “brilliant”?
Bright
What is the setting of a story
Where and when the story takes place.
The wind whispered through the trees.” What figurative device is used?
Personifcation
What god is Percy Jackson’s father?
Poseidon
In this sentence, “The detective was meticulous when examining the clues,” what does meticulous mean?
Careful
What is the climax of a story?
The most exciting or intense part, the turning point.
What does a simile use to compare two things?
Like or As
What special power does Miles have that Peter Parker’s Spider-Man does not?
What is the ability to turn invisible (and use a venom strike)?
What kind of figurative language is this?
“She was as busy as a bee during finals week.”
Simile
In a fairy tale, what lesson or message is usually taught at the end?
Moral
What’s the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
A simile uses “like/as”; a metaphor says one thing is another.
In Stef Soto Taco Truck, what is Stef embarrassed about at the start of the story?
Her family’s taco truck and being known as “the taco queen.”
The villain’s scheme was discovered before he could carry it out.
What does scheme mean?
A clever plan, often secret
What’s the difference between the theme and the main idea?
The theme is the deeper message or life lesson; the main idea is what the story is mostly about.
Identify the figurative language: “Her smile was sunshine on a cloudy day.”
Metaphor
In the story Ghost by Jason Reynolds, why does Ghost start running in the first place?
He’s running from his past and trauma.